On the first day of the harvest, the farmer's great barn door broke off its hinges due to a massive rain and windstorm. The next day all of the neighbors gathered around to share their thoughts of sorrow, regret and shame. The farmer just looked at the broken door with a relaxed and almost ho-hum appearance and shared his summary of the situation by stating — Hmm, I guess we'll see. Now of course the farmer's neighbors were almost outraged by his relaxed and nonchalant attitude and they quickly scurried away with mumblings of gossip under their breath.At The Center for Holistic Health, we look at our body's symptoms in this same manner, as we acknowledge that sometimes discomfort is not always bad. In fact at times we find that discomfort is the catalyst needed to bring about a desirable change. How might we listen to this symptom so that it can be seen as a warning sign or cue? Perhaps one's relationship is challenging or out of balance and the stress is overwhelming the body. It is not always wise to simply want to "handle" the stress a little better for he or she may stay in the same compromised situation. Perhaps life generates that discomfort to awaken one to make change. Maybe one's employer is out of integrity and that lack of alignment is causing sleeplessness.
The next day the farmer's best horse got free and ran through the broken door of the barn and all the farmer could see was the horse galloping off into the sunset with a most joyous and carefree pace. Of course, as you can probably guess, the next day all of the neighbors gathered around to share their thoughts of sorrow, regret and shame. The farmer just looked at the empty stall where his best mare once stood with a relaxed and almost ho-hum appearance and shared his summary of the situation once again by stating — Hmm, I guess we'll see.
Now the next day the farmer was awoken by the loudest stampede he had ever heard and his favorite horse brought back ten of the wildest, and most dazzling wild mustangs that he had ever seen. His favorite horse went out for a night on the town and brought back friends! The next day all of the neighbors gathered around to share their thoughts of excitement, disbelief and wonder. The farmer just looked at his open field with 11 of the most extraordinary horses he had ever laid eyes upon and with a relaxed and almost ho-hum appearance he shared his summary of the situation once again by stating — Hmm, I guess we'll see.
The next day the farmer's son was willingly working away at the broken barn door, as he wanted to ensure that the new wild horses would at least stay within their plot of land and not run off again. As the son began to work on the barn door, one of the large wild mustangs bucked his way past the son and the wild horse knocked off the newly repaired hinges of the previously broken barn door and the door came crashing down upon the farmer's sons leg. The leg was surely broken. The next day all of the neighbors gathered around to share their thoughts of sorrow, regret and shame and they generously brought over cards of sympathy and fresh baked bread. The farmer just looked at his son's crushed leg with a compassionate grin and rubbed his son's neck; and with a relaxed and almost ho-hum appearance he shared his summary of the situation once again by stating — Hmm, I guess we'll see.
The next day the army came knocking on all the town's doors for a mandatory draft for the war and all the young men were called to obligatory duty. All of course except the farmer's son who was protected from the harm of the draft and the farmer looked at his son, his wife and the sky above and said out loud — Hmmm, now, I see.
The moral of this story is that sometimes we need to step back to get a greater perspective. If we can maintain the attitude and intention of objectivity, sometimes by saying Hmm, we'll see, it allows us to see the blessings of gold at the end of the rainbow and not be overshadowed by the clouds that happen to appear.
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